Quicktakes

Heat toll 828

NEW DELHI: The month-long heat wave claimed 100 more lives, 78 in worst-hit Orissa alone, taking the toll to 828 this month. There was no respite with mercury remaining above normal in most parts of the country today. Seventy-eight people died in Orissa, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, four in Bihar, and three in Rajasthan, mostly due to sunstroke, since yesterday. Dholpur in Rajasthan was the hottest place in the country recording 48 degrees Celsius. Since the onset of heat wave, Orissa accounted for 361 deaths followed by Andhra Pradesh 147, Rajasthan 142, Uttar Pradesh 70, Maharashtra 25, Madhya Pradesh 23, Bihar 28, Gujarat12, West Bengal 10, Punjab seven, Chandigarh two, and Tamil Nadu one.

Medha held

INDORE: Narmada Bachao Andolan NBA leader, Medha Patkar, along with 466 persons including 219 women, was today arrested for violating prohibitory orders imposed at the site of Maheshwar hydel project in Madhya Pradesh8217;s Khargaon district. Prohibitory orders were imposed in the area following quot;naka bandisquot; organised by NBA for the last fortnight to stop vehicles carrying material for the work of the project.

Anti-tobacco day

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Medical Association had organised a symbolic rally to highlight the ill effects of consumption of tobacco and to stress the need for quot;growing up without tobaccoquot; at Rajghat, the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi as part of quot;World No Tobacco Dayquot; today.